Average Jane Walks

This morning, for only the second time this calendar year, the dog and I took our 3.4 mile neighborhood walk. Or as I imagine Toby likes to call it, the Fascinating Smells Tour.

Last year I'd gotten to the point of taking the walk 3-4 times per week. I'd love to get back into that routine because I can tell I'm less fit than I was then. Three-and-a-half months of bronchitis will do that to a person.

Toby is looking a little chunky as well. Poor guy has hardly been past the edge of the yard since Christmas.

It was beautifully warm out. The weather app on my phone said 64°F, but it felt warmer than that to me. (Midwestern humidity, you know.) I wore a t-shirt and yoga pants and was perfectly comfortable. I saw a couple out walking in sweatshirts and they had to have been sweltering.

There is another opportunity for me to exercise of which I haven't yet taken advantage: a new gym at my office. They hold "boot camp" training sessions at lunchtime and it's open all day otherwise. I need to figure out a way to squeeze a workout in now and then.

I won't have time to walk tomorrow because I'm hosting a (likemind) coffee meetup. If you're in Kansas City and would like to join us, it starts at 7:30 a.m. at Mildred's Coffeehouse in the Crossroads (the corner of 18th & Wyandotte).

I really missed walking and I'm feeling motivated to get my walking schedule back on track. If anyone wants to walk with me over the weekend, just say the word!